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Brad DeLong nominates his top five weblog posts ever, and is gracious enough to include this post among them. This got me to thinking about Matt Yglesias' initial point -- there are so many newcomers to the blogosphere that, "the aggregate audience for blog commentary is enormously larger than it was a few years ago, so it's quite possible that there are people reading this blog right now who have never heard of of the classic[s]..." So, without further ado, here are my top five, in chronological order:
1) Jacob Levy, "Political Theory and Political Philosophy." 2) Jack Balkin, "What I learned about blogging in a year." 3) Belle Waring, "If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride -- A Pony!" 4) Scott Eric Kaufman, "My Morning: A Play in One Uncomfortable Act." 5) Megan McArdle, "Full Disclosure....."
Longtime readers are warmly encouraged to proffer their faves in the comments.
EXPLORE:THE BLOGOSPHERE
 

FS

5:52 PM ET

October 31, 2007

I don't know. I'm starting

I don't know. I'm starting to be less convinced by Balkin's refutation of the Republic.com thesis.

 

MAC

10:56 PM ET

October 31, 2007

Surely dutoitification

Surely dutoitification belongs on the list.

 

BILL HARSHAW

2:22 PM ET

November 1, 2007

So are you going to add a

So are you going to add a Favorite Blog Posts link to your blog?

It's probably a function of age, but most posts transit through my brain without leaving a mark.

(BTW--comments through Firefox appear not to be working--had to switch to IE7.0.)

 

USELESS SAM GRANT

2:36 PM ET

November 1, 2007

No. 1--Agree. No. 2--Just

No. 1--Agree.
No. 2--Just pedantic, not great, not even very good.
No. 3--Snarky and cynical, "I know everything and you are an idiot if you disagree with me." Junk.
Nos. 4 and 5--Hilarious.

 

Daniel W. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

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